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That time of year
Lions, tigers and bears — oh my!
Not exactly, but soon we will see rabbits, chickens and steers — and llamas, and goats, and swine ...
Yes, folks, the Navarro County Youth Exposition is now upon us, with the first event (the food competition) to take place bright and early Monday morning.

March 16, 2013 1 Photo
Sausage making and the courts
So, the court backlog story finally ran. I’ve been working on that sucker for three weeks, so I have to admit to some relief that it’s finally out in print.
I don’t usually talk about how the sausages are made here at the Daily Sun, but I thought I’d give credit where credit was due.

March 16, 2013 1 Photo
Letters to the Editor 3/16/13
Invitation from Barton
To the Editor: An open letter to the citizens of Navarro County.
The nation is at a cross roads.

March 15, 2013
Learning from Buddy
Every year I write at least one column about my dog, Buddy. Some of you will remember that we adopted Buddy four years ago after he was found starving on the streets of Fort Worth.

March 13, 2013 1 Photo
The Texas Spectacular
Texans begin to stir around outside in February. They are looking forward to spring planting. Many of us cannot pass up a “Twin Day” planting or a free packet of cucumber or radish seeds. We even have dreams of rows of vegetables in a neat little garden plot.

March 12, 2013 1 Photo
Profundity of rumination
Let me explain this title for Ron Morgan’s benefit — it means depth of thought or meditation. I experience profundities of rumination on all manner of subjects and often scribe them down in these rants for whatever they are worth.

March 11, 2013 1 Photo
Spring planting
In Minnesota March is greeted with snow-covered fields of frozen earth. April snowfall is not uncommon. When we lived there, I once planted our garden on May 1 only to have it freeze. But we are back in Texas where spring comes early.

March 6, 2013 1 Photo
Sarasota versus Corsicana
Like when we moved down to Corsicana from Denver in 2001, we are already experiencing changes and making comparisons to life here compared to the life we enjoyed in Corsicana.

March 5, 2013 1 Photo
The weather sets my mood
The first thing I do in the morning is look out the window to see what the weather is like. I didn’t really take the weather report so seriously until I moved out into the country. But now I realize that, if I want to get my mail, I need to go to the post office. And when spring storms come into season, my nerves take a turn for the worse

March 4, 2013 1 Photo
New month, New issue
It seems to never fail that if you get down with a bit of puny or illness, things will start to pick up speed and the number of places you’re supposed to be gets longer by the minute.

March 2, 2013 1 Photo
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